Medan vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Medan	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$466	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1207	$809
🏠 One person rent	$186	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$296	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	55	47
😀 Quality of life	62	43
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.97M

The cost of living in Medan is 39% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8825th and 9121st ($466 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 21st in Indonesia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Medan ranked 7th best city to live in Indonesia vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 5663rd and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Peshawar

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	Medan	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.5	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.14	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$172	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$86.9	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$312	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$156	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.4	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.2%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1333	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$604	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.61	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.24	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.35	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.81	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10637	$2261

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684